Cabin Fever

As any Norwegian crime aficionado knows, all those
forests, mountains and cabins make a spine-chilling backdrop to the thriller
tradition. For this Nordic Noir event, Visiting Professor Ellen Rees
(University of Oslo) leads us into the Norwegian woods and back to the early
days of crime and horror fiction. Ellen will screen the classic Norwegian
thriller The Lake of the Dead (De dødes tjern, 1958, 75 mins) and explain how
the forest cabin has become a classic location for crime and horror fiction and
film. We'll also hear about annual Easter crimewave in Norway. And all of this
takes place over a glass or two of wine in the spookily atmospheric
surroundings of the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology. Shiver.